Karen Beaumont, illus. by Daniel Roode. Greenwillow, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-207299-3
Even youngest toddlers will guess what’s coming next in this bath-time story about a baby dinosaur who neglects to take off his clothes before getting cleaned up. When Mama announces that muddy Dini Dinosaur needs to bathe before bedtime, he is...
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Karen Beaumont, illus. by Stephanie Laberis. Holt/Godwin, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9232-5
In a big city in wintertime, a grumpy old man seems to be the furthest thing from a cat person—so, of course, he’s catnip to 10 adorable strays. In rhyming couplets, Beaumont (Hats Off to You!) counts the kitties as they aggregate on the man’s...
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Karen Beaumont, illus. by LeUyen Pham, Scholastic Press, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-06705-8
"Party dresses, party hair.../ Need new party shoes to wear./ Emily, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Claire!/ Let's go find the perfect pair!" Four young gal pals (who are also conveniently unaccompanied minors) wreak havoc at the eponymous shoe store, a boutique...
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Karen Beaumont, Author, Jennifer Plecas, Illustrator , illus. by Jennifer Plecas. Dial $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2587-4
A nimble tyke tangos his way out of naptime in this blithe, lift-the-flap book with sturdy laminated pages. Down on the farm, Mama and Papa repeatedly try to put Baby down for a nap: "Inside, Baby closed his eyes./ 'Sleep tight,' his...
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Karen Beaumont, Author, David Catrow, Illustrator , illus. by David Catrow. Harcourt $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202488-8
Written to the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," this lighthearted frolic by the creators of I Like Myself!
centers on an aspiring young artist who makes elaborate paintings on the ceilings and walls, until mama shouts, "Ya ain&
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Karen Beaumont, Author, David Catrow, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-202013-2
I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont (Baby Danced the Polka), illus. by David Catrow, is a breezy affirmation of self. The rhymes can be goofy (""I'd still like me with fleas or warts,/ or with a silly snout that snorts""), but even when they are ...
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Karen Beaumont, illus. by David Catrow. Dial, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3222-3
Somewhere on the continuum between the egomaniacal Anthony from the Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life" episode and William Steig's sulking Spinky, you'll find Beaumont and Catrow's Tommy, a boy who is inconsolable about the loss of his favorite toy:
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Karen Beaumont Alarcon, Author, Karen Beaumont, Author, Rosanne Litzinger, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3532-2
Where is Louella Mae? Everyone on the farm wants to know, so they launch a massive, rhyming search that builds in funny freneticism with every turn of the page. In fact, page-turning is an instrumental part of the book, since that's how each one of...
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